Or, they could have a different meaning of "programming" than what you are using. Just knowing how to write code, I still argue, isn't itself hard. However, I do agree with what you said. I think...

I think you drive a good point. Often times, it isn't enough to just simply accept that it "just is" and give up when presented with a problem.

In spite of what Narue said, programming isn't...

And, how computer work as well.
The thing that most lay people don't know, that I find interesting, is that your CPU can only run one thing at a time. So, when you see all your tasks running in...

Because, you compare C++ to other alternatives, and you'll find most of them to be even more hard.

I honestly can't say too much about webservers, since I have no experience with them. But, I did read that Windows exceptionally well for desktop systems. My textbook, however, was refering to XP. ...

I disagree. I use Linux and do nothing to contribute to its kernel. Unless you're scale of "degree"s includes 0 as a degree, I think that you can't say that everyone who uses opensource software is...

I'm having a hard-time getting OpenGL installed on my Linux OS. I'm so tempted to just start coding in C# since it's what all the professionals are doing these days. But, it feels less academic,...

You're right, they're abstract objects and they can only be observed through the mind - as opposed to physical objects which are sometimes visible.

I bought a book for that - XNA in C# - I've never got around to reading the book and trying some of it out. Kind of hesitant to program in Windows since I prefer using Eclipse for C and C++ in Linux.

You're right, I keep telling every body what's been written in my textbook, that Windows is proven to outperform everyone else in terms of throughput and response time in interactive systems.
For...

They have that at the computer science's lab at my school. Sucks ass! They replaced the $15K Solaris Sunblade workstations with PC-architecture Linux systems which really just logs-on to a server...

The Macs are high-priced UNIX systems, which are marketed towards "cool" people and people who don't want to do boring shit like pie-charts. But, as much as I enjoy their commercials, I have to...

Duckman, I don't think it's in the way in which you just said it. Blocking a communication medium because it's occassionally used as a means to commit illegal activity would be grounds for blocking...

You drive a valid point here. It seems that it's kind of hard to differentiate when someone's being driven to commit suicide for their own reasons, from a situation of where someone drove them to do...

Yeah, just looking at the photo, it doesn't seem that unless someone pointed it out anybody would wonder about the girl in the photo's age. She looks like she's young, BUT if it's not illegal then...

I kind of wonder if stress plays a bigger role in this than eating habits and exercise alone.

This whole ordeal reminds me of my own public school experiences, and the drama relating to teachers and faculty. How many people here went to public school in America?
In my old school system,...

Well, at least the judge threw out the case and her conviction. But, why did the bitch plead guilty in the first place? I would've guessed that the prosecuting attorney didn't have much of a case...

Didn't pay for updates??? What would they be running - Windows 95? The fact that the defense didn't think to bring up possible malware as a possibility makes people in Connecticut sound down-right...

Go to the website for colleges and universities. Look-up what courses they teach. See if they have like a planned set of courses they have students within their major should take in order for them...

What does anyone on here know about them? If a machine has more than one start state, how can it be implemented in terms of a physical computer? When does anything ever have more than one initial...

Isn't the bootloader apart of the physical computer? I read that it's "firmware" which comes with the computer.

I think the original poster had meant to say "copyright". Aren't patents for things like inventions?

How do you write a game in flash??? I never seen the language, is it relatively easy?

It shouldn't be too hard, there is an algorithm to do it in "Introduction to Computation" by Michael Sipser in chapter 1. It gives you a step-by-step process which seemed simple enough for me since...

It shouldn't be too hard, there is an algorithm to do it in "Introduction to Computation" by Michael Sipser in chapter 1. It gives you a step-by-step process which seemed simple enough for me since...

How about performance???
As far as desktops go, Windows is top notch compared to all other OS's on the planet. But, when it comes to web-servers, does Linux or some Unix version leave Windows in...

I agree with you on the second half of your first sentence. That is my favorite thing about any non-Windows OS I might put on my pc - not having to flipping stress out over installing drivers for my...

I assume you're talking to me.
The distro of Solaris that convinced me that Solaris' kernel is faster than Linux is Solaris. I'm basing this off the stats I saw from somewhere else online. I've...

Yeah, it's definitely UNIX-based dude. It's certified against the Single UNIX Specification (SUS). I know, Linux is Unix-like, but it's not certified, so it technically isn't. Also, the two...

As far as performance goes, all Linux distros run about the same since they have the same kernel. However, when it comes to UNIX OS's vs. Linux, then that's a debate concerning performance.

But,...

But, I'll add, that if gamers ARE spending too much of their time playing video games, for them to go out and vote, then Obama has no need for them anyways. Still, I don't think that he's trying to...

The author of this post is taking what Obama said way out of context. Obama isn't attacking video games, he's just saying that if parents don't discipline their children and force them to do their...

No, it's just some self-homework in my Operating Systems class I took in the spring. I didn't do as well as I had wanted to, so I'm trying to work on that now by working out the homeworks and trying...

OKay, this is in response to the same issues I've been dealing with in another thread.

In that one, someone gave me the documentation to the the POSIX calls, but they were vague and weren't too...

The UNIX equivalent to Win32 API is POSIX.

"With UNIX, there is almost a 1-to-1 relationship between the system calls (e.g., read) and the library procedures (e.g., read) used to invoke the system...

Thanks, I still don't have it figured out, but here's what I have thus far:

int main(int argc, char *argv[], char **envp)
{
type_prompt();
puts("Give me input numbers, each separated by...

How do I read up on exec? What, man exec in the terminal? I think I tried it with fork and it didn't work on my Debian Distro.

Oh, and by the way, I used unistd.h and it didn't change the warning at all.

I appreciate the help thus far, but what exactly is "unistd.h."? What does this library allow me to do?
And, what is the meaning of error " undefined reference to exec"?